Gwilym A. Price, 89, a high school dropout who became...

June 4, 1985

PITTSBURGH — Gwilym A. Price, 89, a high school dropout who became president and chairman of Westinghouse Electric Corp., died Saturday. Price was president and chief executive officer of Westinghouse from 1946 to 1960 and chairman from 1960 to 1963.

Born in Canonsburg, Pa., Price quit high school when his father, a tin mill worker, died. He went to work as a stenographer for a mortgage company.

He eventually received a high school equivalency diploma, but did not attend undergraduate school. He received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1917.

He was also a banker and chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Pittsburgh. He also served as president of the Peoples- Pittsburgh Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, now Pittsburgh National Bank.